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  • The Two Towers

  • The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
  • By: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
  • Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (4,691 ratings)
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The Two Towers

By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
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Summary

This brand-new unabridged audiobook of The Two Towers, the second part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author Andy Serkis. 

The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

This continues the classic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King.

©1954, 1966 The Tolkien Estate Limited (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that." (Evening Standard)

"The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them." (Sunday Times)

An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing episodes, some of them magnificent, in a region where everything is invented, forest, moor, river, wilderness, town and the races which inhabit them.’ (The Observer

Featured article: Aragorn - a Lord of the Rings character guide


From his time as the ranger Strider to his ascension to King of Gondor, this guide has everything you need to know about the hero Aragorn. Perhaps one of the most mysterious and intriguing characters in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Aragorn is known by many names: Strider, Elessar, Estel, and finally Aragorn II, heir to the throne of Gondor and Arnor. From a shadowy tracker who mysteriously comes to Frodo's aid to an essential member of the Fellowship of the Ring to the long-awaited king who restores harmony and peace to Middle-earth, Aragorn plays many important roles in the fantasy epic. And he has quite an interesting history.

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Gollum!

Did I walk around in public with a huge grin when I heard Serkis' Gollum return in this the best version of this tale?
Yes, I did.

In general, Serkis does a very good job with all the characters, with some clearly inspired from the movies.
Would recommend this to everyone!

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Serkis gives this everything! I wish he hadn't

I really enjoyed Serkis' highly animated reading of The Fellowship, but this one just takes it too far. It's more like a one-man radio play than an audiobook. The orc and ent voices in particular are so over-the-top that I spent the entirety of several sections cringing and desperately wanting them to be over. Good luck listening to this for evening relaxation; if you set the volume to be able to hear the quieter sections, you will have to endure full-on shouting from Serkis when the action picks up. It's certainly a strong performance, but I'm wondering who exactly briefed him and why they didn't suggest he tone things down a bit. The best thing I can say about this one is at least there weren't as many songs to endure. Although the ent song is particularly painful, I skipped through most of it.

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Yorkshire!

This gets 5 stars because Serkis gave all Gondorians a Yorkshire accent, the greatest accent in the world.

Boromir seems less out of place amongst his Kingsman now, particularly his brother and father.

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A terrific experience

Serkis has done a fantastic job in narrating the trilogy. This was a great experience as a first time reader of the trilogy. Serkis does a fantastic job in creating the atmosphere with each character distinctive voices that are connected to the movies and, of course, you cannot forget the performance of Gollum. I grew to enjoy this book while listening and I am looking forward to listening to The Return of the King.

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Criminals

Amazon have officially lost the plot. changing the cover of books to promote a TV show is what I call criminal at the best if times but to do it to The Lord Of The Rings is just wrong. How have the Tolkien family allowed this to happen. i can only think for one reason £££

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listen at 1.30 speed

Listen at 1.30 speed. and 1.4 speed during the treebeard chapter. Thank me later!!!

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Simply Phenomenal

Absolutely superb performance by Mr Serkis as always. extremely glad these have been produced.

It has made a simply great story even more great which didn't think was possible.

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Remarkable!

Remarkable book, remarkable story read remarkably! Brought to life for the listener, an ageless epic account of a time that may have been...

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My Precious

The main reason of me getting these books again was to see Andy serkis back doing his famous gollum and my word he didn't disappoint , I look forward to seeing some more of gollum in ROTK

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Tree beard let's it down

Andy Serkis was brilliant as normal, but the chapters with treebeard are so boring. It really slows the story down and is a struggle to get through. The chapters with Frodo, Sam and gollum are engaging and captivating.

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